INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Devastating spring freezes and a historic drought have stripped some charm from rustic fall destinations, leaving some corn too short to create mazes, orchards virtually devoid of apples and fall colors muted....
Freeze, Drought Take Bite Out Of Fall Tourism
By RICK CALLAHAN, Associated Press
Mon, 10/08/2012 - 12:18am
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